Horseman’s sword, the hilt made up of a flattened rhombodial pommel, of rectangular section; wire-bound grip of herring-bone pattern (modern); crossguard curved alternately upwards and downwards, of flattened section widening at the ends; double side-rings enclosing shells pierced with a trellis of quatrefoils, stars, and circles (the larger shell is a restoration), on the inside of the smaller is a heart-shaped thumb-ring; the right (outer) side of the pommel and guards is broadly encrusted with silver foliage roughly chiseled.

Broad, flat, double-edged blade, tapering with a single fuller at the forte where it is etched with trophies of arms.

This type of hilt is discussed by H. Seitz, Fataburen, 1946, pp. 93-112.A ring for the thumb, instead of for the index finger, will also be found upon the swords A523 and A526.